Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained

Well it seems that for some reason I have been avoiding updates on this blog. I have been asking myself why all week, and I believe the honest answer is fear. I'm afraid I will fail. There, I said it! I'm worried that if I put myself out there then I will just end up looking foolish in the end. Is this quote really true?

I have been wrestling with the answer, but have decided that it isn't. I think I've been approaching our challenge incorrectly. I kind of thought of is as 'all or nothing', but that's really not the way it should be at all. All that really does is set me up for failure, as there is no way to be 'perfect' because there is always more we can do. My plan isn't to try to save the world, obviously that's not a feasible one-man job. Rather, the idea is to make small changes wherever we can and hope that those small changes add up to big ones. There are some concessions that I'm learning are harder to make than others. We all have our 'vices', right? I will probably always fight my husband about turning off my computer and he may sneak in a disposable diaper when I'm not looking. But as long as we are individually doing what we can do, I think it makes those little environmental indulgences a little more acceptable, I hope. So I've decided to approach this in the same manner as I do vegetarianism. I've always jokingly say I don't eat meat to make up for my husband's excess. :). And he thinks the same way about tofu! As long as the world is balanced then all is right.